Association of Physician Characteristics With Early Adoption of Virtual Health Care.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The rapid transition to virtual health care has depended on physician and patient abilities to adopt new technology and workflows. Physicians transitioning more slowly or not at all could result in access challenges for their patients.

Objective

To identify physician characteristics associated with the transition to virtual health care in a large regional health care system.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective cross-sectional study uses administrative health system databases to analyze data from all 3473 physicians providing ambulatory care through a large New England health care system, which includes 12 hospitals and their ambulatory practices, from October 1, 2019, through December 31, 2020.

Exposures

Physicians characterized base

SUBMITTER: Zachrison KS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8719243 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature